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Dear UJP Activist,
May has been a busy month, with protests around the world on behalf of peace and justice to celebrate May Day. UFPJ has been helping to build the anti-NATO demonstrations in Chicago, which are occurring this week. We are also mobilizing opposition to the $642 billion FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, that is on the House floor now.
The Legislative Working group is asking everyone to call their members of Congress and tell them to support for Barbara Lee's amendment ( #158) requiring the complete and rapid withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan, and urging them to Vote NO on the excessive $646 Billion Pentagon budget request!
Find out who should be representing you here. Then call the Capitol Switchboard today: 1-877-429-0678.
UFPJ will be out in force at the NATO Summits too, both at the  counter summit and the IVAW March on Sunday. We hope to see you there!
In Struggle,
Michael McPhearson
National Coordinator
PS: Don't forget to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter!
Defense Budget
$642 Billion for the Military? This Year? You must be kidding!
As the 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill hits the House floor, the American people should be going through the roof!
The FY 2013 military budget (NDAA) is up for a vote in the House this Friday. It contains more than $642 billion of taxpayer money to pay for a war the majority of Americans oppose; nuclear upgrades that threaten non-proliferation agreements; programs and weapons that even the Pentagon doesn’t want.
The bill also promotes reckless threats on Iran, enables reckless actions by Israel and prohibits the transfer of prisoners from Guantanamo to the United States.
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NATO SUMMIT
NATO Counter Summit: May 18-19
The Counter-Summit for Peace & Economic Justice, May 18-19 at the People’s Church in Chicago and is organizing speaking events in cities and towns around the US leading up to the event. Register now for the Counter-Summit, which features international speakers and 28 workshops on the important issues of foreign and military policies, economic justice, military spending and peaceful alternatives to current practices. Read More
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IVAW: MARCH FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION
When: Sunday May 20 Rally and March 9AM
Where: Rally Grant Park South of the Lincoln Monument at (E. Balbo Ave. and S. Columbus Dr.)
We, Afghanistan and Iraq veterans, from around the country will converge in Chicago on May 20th to march to the NATO summit and ceremoniously return our medals to NATO generals. We were awarded these medals for serving in the Global War on Terror, a war based on lies and failed polices. Read More
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Peace Action Montgomery Fights Back!
In his last speech to the nation as president, Dwight Eisenhower warned that the military-industrial complex would be “felt in every city, every statehouse.” He worried that the influence of military contractors would distort decision-making at all levels of government. Events in Montgomery County, MD -- just outside Washington, DC-- over the last couple of years show that Eisenhower’s concerns were well placed. The world headquarters of Lockheed Martin is located in the County, and the company believes that it deserves special tax rewards from County residents. Moreover, it has blocked citizen action to reprioritize Federal spending. Peace activists, led by Peace Action Montgomery, have fought back. Read More
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Nuclear Weapons/Redefining Security
Message from the Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting to Japan welcoming the shut-down of all the Japanese nuclear reactors
The Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons was founded in 1995 to call for immediate commencement of negotiations on a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons within a timebound framework. Today the network has over 2000 organizations in more than 90 countries. In 2005 and 2010, Abolition 2000 partnered with UFPJ to organize the big No Nukes! No Wars! marches and rallies in New York City. Abolition 2000 held its Annual General Meeting on May 5, in Vienna, Austria, during the annual meeting of the states parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), and issued the following statement:
The participants of the Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting, gathered in Vienna on May 5, 2012, celebrate the shut-down today of the last operating nuclear power reactor, out of 54 reactors previously operating in Japan.Read More
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Bank Of America Share Holders Meetings
Media Report Back
Listing of media stories about the demonstrations against the Bank of America Share holders Meeting in Charlotte North Carolina. .
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Bank of America Stadium Renamed "Bank of Coal"
TAs the largest financier of the U.S. coal industry, Bank of America should be called the “Bank of Coal.” So we decided to rename it. On May 4th, five RAN activists scaled Bank of America Stadium and dropped a 70′ x 25′ banner reading “Bank of America Coal.”
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